[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR238.113]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 238--PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B--Safety Planning and General Requirements
 
Sec. 238.113  Emergency window exits.

    (a) The following requirements apply on or after Novermber 8, 1999--
    (1) Each passenger car shall have a minimum of four emergency window 
exits, either in a staggered configuration where practical or with one 
exit located in each end of each side of the passenger car. If the 
passenger car has multiple levels, each main level shall have a minimum 
of four emergency window exits, either in a staggered configuration 
where practical or with one exit located in each end of each side on 
each level.
    (2) Each sleeping car, and any similarly designed car having a 
number of separate compartments intended to be

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occupied by passengers or train crewmembers, shall have at least one 
emergency window exit in each compartment.
    (3) Each emergency window exit shall be designed to permit rapid and 
easy removal from the inside of the car during an emergency situation 
without requiring the use of a tool or other implement.
    (b) Each emergency window exit in a passenger car, including a 
sleeper car, ordered on or after September 8, 2000, or placed in service 
for the first time on or after September 9, 2002, shall have an 
unobstructed opening with minimum dimensions of 26 inches horizontally 
by 24 inches vertically. A seat back is not an obstruction if it can be 
moved away from the window opening without requiring the use of a tool 
or other implement.
    (c) Emergency window exits shall be marked, and instructions 
provided for their use, as required by Sec. 223.9(d) of this chapter.

[64 25660, May 12, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 19990, Apr. 23, 2002]